Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy Kit and Universal Brow Pencil

Where I got it: I was sent this package from the PR company. Billion Dollar Brow products are available from 24th November 2014 at billiondollarbrows.co.nz, selected stockists throughout New Zealand and at a pop-up brow bar at Westfield Albany for five weeks until Christmas.

Billion Dollar Brows delivery

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy and Universal Brow Pencil

What I got: I was sent the Brow Buddy Kit and Universal Brow Pencil. Coveted Californian brow brand, Billion Dollar Brows (BDB), is set to change the face of New Zealand with beautiful brows. The only cosmetics company dedicated exclusively to brows, BDB has been shaping and sculpting the brows of celebrities and models in Beverly Hills for eight years. They boast a wide range of products from brow boosters to pencils, powders to tints, and patented styling tools to boot. Manufactured in the USA, products are made of the finest ingredients and materials, while still offering tremendous value.

“Eyebrows are one of the most important features of our faces – and yet they are often the most neglected,” says Natalie Plain, brow guru and co-founder of Billion Dollar Brows. “We believe that beautiful brows are a right, not a privilege. “Our patented tool The Brow Buddy and Universal Brow Pencil are a great way to transform your brows and are the ideal Christmas gifts. The Brow Buddy allows you to shape your brows perfectly by helping you create a brow stencil unique to your face shape. From there you can see where to remove or regrow your brows – and where to fill in with pencil, gel or powder. The Universal Brow Pencil is one of our top selling products – the colour suits everyone!”

How I find it:

Brow Buddy Kit ($40) comes with a white make-up pencil and is the ultimate brow shaping tool for the seasoned professional to the first-time brow shaper. The tool is placed against the face under the nose while its arms move out like a protractor to find the start, arch and end of your brows, which you mark with the white pencil, all to suit your unique face shape. From there you can shape with hair removal or fill in with product for beautiful brows.   After finishing my base makeup (foundation), I use the Brow Buddy Kit to shape my brows…

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy

Step 1: Align the tool to your nose like below left, draw 2 white lines on the inside of the tool to mark the start of your brows.

Step 2: Open the tool to align the inner part of the tool to the outer part of your iris, mark the inside of the tool and that is where the high point of you arch should be.

Step 3: Open the tool wider to align the outer edge of you eyes to mark where the end of your eye brow should be. You should be left with something like I have on the bottom right.

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy

Step 4: Connect the lines on the top and bottom and that will give you the outline of your perfect brow shape.

Step 5: Fill your brows in with your favourite brow product (I used the Universal Brow Pencil in these images). Soften it up with a spoolie and/or cotton bud.

Step 6: The brow pencil should get rid of the white pencil marks, but for where it goes outside of the outline, I smudge it out with a cotton bud. I find that it creates a highlight to my brows as well so that’s a bonus!

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy

Viola! Check out my brows – perfect for my face shape! I love it.

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Buddy and Universal Brow Pencil

Universal Brow Pencil ($33) is a shelf-sharpening pencil with an attached brush for perfect blending. The pigment is unique in that it suits every skin or hair tone! Made of jojoba oil and beeswax, is great for everyone, and is the best option for people with sparse brows to create a fuller brow look.  After creating my brow shape outline with the Brow Buddy Kit, I fill my brows in with this self-sharpening pencil. When I am short of time, I will use this without the Brow Buddy Kit. Handy spoolie at the back, it is great to travel with.

Billion Dollar Brows Universal Brow Pencil

Overall: The Brow Buddy Kit is pretty awesome! I have always known how to find out what my brow shape would be by lining up my nose with my eyes, but this tool made it so much easier, faster and more symmetrical! As you can see I need to fill in quite a bit at the start of my brows and extend the end a little. The white pencil is really creamy and soft, its also easy to smudge out. The Universal Brow Pencil however wasn’t that impressive. The formula must’ve melted a little because when I twist it up, the pencil looked a little oily and wonky. It also feels pretty waxy on my brows and made my brow hair stick to each other. I have to use the spoolie to separate them. My favourite brow pencil is still my Shu Uemura Hard Pencil for a more natural soft brow, and my Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow Pomade for a more sculpted defined brow.

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Disclaimer: I am not paid to do these reviews. All reviews are of my honest and personal opinions.